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Samsung ‘Star’ sales surpass 5 Mn mark

On 08.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, announced that sales of the Samsung Star, its hugely popular touch screen mobile phone, surpassed the 5-million mark this month. The Star (model number S5230), launched in May, is the fastest model in Samsung’s history to reach the milestone.

Launched first in Europe, one million of the touch screen devices were sold in the first month and a half alone, after which the company expanded sales efforts to include markets in CIS, Southeast and Southwest Asia, East-Central Africa, China, and Central America.

More than 700,000 units of the Star were sold in May and more than 900,000 in June. Monthly sales in July and August were 1.6 million and 1.8 million, respectively. Based on the current trend, Samsung projects total cumulative sales to reach 10 million globally by November. (more…)

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Samsung launches S5233 ‘Star’ in Egypt

On 06.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the launch of its newest full-touch screen mobile in the Egyptian market – the S5233 also known as the Star. With this latest product, Samsung is able to enhance its position as a leading player in the hugely popular touch screen mobile market.

“The Samsung Star is a significant product in our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, bringing stylish designs and intuitive user interfaces. We are committed to strengthening our portfolio of full-touch phones by introducing a variety of handsets to suit every lifestyle,” said Mr. Duke Park, Samsung Cairo Branch Manager. “The Samsung Star will continue to bring the exciting experience of touch to mobile phone users and will further enhance Samsung’s leadership in the full-touch market.” (more…)

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Samsung expects to raise market share in 2010 with touch screen devices

On 06.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung Electronics, the mobile manufacturer, anticipates to raise its market share in 2010, which will be driven by greater demand for touch-screen handsets and smartphones. Samsung expects to hold 20% of the market share of all the handsets it has and will sell this year and is positive about raising its market share by 2010.
In 2009, the handset manufacturer intends to make about 30%-35% of its handsets touch-screen devices, and this number will be raised in 2010. The company plans to launch nearly 150 mobile handsets in 2009 itself.

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Samsung & Mobily ink WiMax technology deal worth $100Mn (Saudi Arabia)

On 06.09.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung Electronics has inked a deal with Saudi mobile operator Eithad Etisalat wherein Samsung will offer WiMax technology to the operator. The deal is worth 375 million riyals ($100 million), a Mobily official revealed. Mobily said the wireless broadband network would be the biggest of its kind in the Middle East.

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China Telecom releases first batch of 3G handsets – Source

On 06.08.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to an inside source of China Telecom, the operator has launched its first batch of 3G handsets which includes 16 mainly mid- to high-end models ranging in price from RMB 1,000-6,000. The mobile handsets are being supplied by Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, ZTE Corporation, China Wireless Technologies Limited subsidiary Yulong Coolpad, Hisense, Huawei, Beijing Tianyu Communications Equipment and Dopod.
Telecom inks a contract with seven manufacturers on 13 February to buy a total of 1.2 million 3G terminals.

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Samsung introduces C3053 slider in Middle East

On 05.19.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung Electronics has launched the Samsung C3053 slider phone in the Middle East. According to Samsung, the phone
pairs “elegance and efficiency with affordability and reliability”. The handset adorns a 2.0-inch LCD screen and TFT display with over 65,000 colors. It features 60MB internal memory, plus a microSD slot, increasing the expandable memory of the phone to 8GB. The handset comes with a built-in VGA camera, MP3 player, video capture, organizer and FM radio. It supports quad-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and Edge support, as well as Bluetooth v.2.0, Bluetooth messenger and USB 2.0 for file sharing and data transfer.

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China & Japan likely to develop mobile network together

On 04.28.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The political leaders of China and Japan are likely to hold talks on developing 3G mobile telephone network jointly for the Chinese mobile market. Japan already uses 3G mobile standards, which allows smooth transmission of images and music files, while 2G technology still remains predominant in China.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is likely to meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday and President Hu Jintao on Thursday in Beijing.
According to Japanese industry ministry official a mobile phone system upgrade “is one of the subjects that they may discuss during the summit” but he added that no agreement was expected yet.
A local Japanese media report also said that Aso and Wen are expected to agree on jointly developing 3G and the more advanced 3.9G services, enabling quick transmission of video files, for the Chinese market.
The Japanese mobile phone manufacturers in China have been left behind in the race by rivals such as Finnish Nokia Corp. and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., driven by incompatible of standards.
If the two countries join hands, according to a media report, will develop applications and content for the 3.9G services which Japan also plans to introduce next year.
With foreign firms dominating 70% of the Chinese mobile handset market, Beijing aims to encourage the technical prowess of home-grown companies through the alliance.
Whereas Japan hopes that the technological alliance will help Japanese firms make inroads into China’s heavily regulated telecoms sector.

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Samsung plans to launch 3G mobile handsets in China

On 04.27.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung Electronics intends to introduce its 3G mobile phones in China. The fifteen 3G mobile devices are part of the company’s new products in the second quarter. Products based on China’s TD-SCDMA standard include the B7702C dual-mode handsets, digital TV handsets, multimedia handsets and fashionable handsets. Products modified for China Unicom include the S7520U HSDPA-supported high-end multimedia mobile phones, online movie, internet, and music-supported mobile phones. The mobile phones customised for China Telecom include the W709, the M609, the W239, and theF539 models.

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dotMobi Collaborates with GSMA for New Options with Award-Winning DeviceAtlas Product

On 02.19.09, In Mobile, By Editor

dotMobi today announced its collaboration with the GSM Association (GSMA: 66.05, 0, 0%) to make the award-winning DeviceAtlas(TM: 15.1299, 0, 0%) database available with an option for Type Allocation Codes (TAC: undefined, undefined, undefined%). This will allow network operators to offer a host of new, innovative content and services tailored to users’ handsets. For instance, operators could send a welcome MMS to roaming customers with media-rich weather reports and links to local mobile Web sites rather than a static SMS network welcome message.

“The technology is simple but powerful,” said Paul Nerger, dotMobi’s VP of Advanced Services and Applications. “Every mobile phone has a unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI: 15.1299, 0, 0%) number. And the IMEI numbers contain a Type Allocation Code (TAC: 2.88, 0, 0%), which the GSMA allocates to each make and model of mobile phone. When users turn on their handsets, the IMEI number is instantly recognized by the network operator. That means operators can identify the make and model of a user’s handset and — when combined with DeviceAtlas — the phone’s exact capabilities. This allows custom content and messages tailored for the phones capabilities to be pushed to the subscriber.”

DeviceAtlas is a superset of existing mobile device databases and contains attribute information for more than 5,500 devices around the world, including leading-edge mobile devices like the Apple iPhone, RIM Blackberry, Nintendo DS Lite and Amazon Kindle.

Trey Harvin, CEO of dotMobi, said, “This is an exciting step forward in the development of advanced ‘value-added’ services. It represents the missing puzzle piece that allows media-rich content to be pushed to all phones, tailored to match a phone’s capabilities. Combining our award-wining DeviceAtlas product with the GSMA’s TAC database offers great opportunities for operators, advertisers and subscribers to provide sophisticated mobile content across the widest possible range of handsets.”

More information on DeviceAtlas — including a free Web-based version and free, fully licensed version for developers — is available at http://deviceatlas.com. Additionally, dotMobi offers other popular content creation tools on the free http://mobiForge.com developer forum to help businesses and brands more easily create device-aware mobile content.

About dotMobi

Headquartered in Dublin, dotMobi is a worldwide leader in enabling the development & discovery of quality mobile content through innovative services, helping businesses and individuals reach the world’s billions of mobile phone users. dotMobi spurs mobile industry innovation by giving content providers the tools they need to ensure the Web will work on mobile phones with speed, accuracy and relevant content.

dotMobi is backed by leading mobile operators, network & device manufacturers, and Internet content providers, including Ericsson, GSM Association, Hutchison 3, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), Visa and Vodafone.

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Global economic recession to crunch mobile phone market in 2009

On 12.19.08, In Mobile, By Editor

The economic recession in the global market as a whole has affected people on a macro level as companies are cutting down on costs which have in turn led to job cuts or salary and pension cut. This credit crunch has affected the lives of people on a micro level also, as they are cutting down their expenditure on luxury as well as commodity goods. Mobile phones, which have now become a necessity for people, according to a recent study will see sale shrinkage in 2009. The operators already fear the piling up of unsold handsets in stores.
A recent survey unveils that the global mobile phone market will see a fall of 6.6% in 2009 and 5.7% in Q4′08, wherein the sales reach a peak with the festivity around.
The world’s largest handset makers, Nokia, have already trimmed its 2009 forecasts, warning a negative growth in the mobile phone market. It has also being seen that Sony and Samsung Electronics have axed jobs and given out profit warnings respectively. The study further reveals that due to a slowered recovery from the fiscal lean period, has called for contraction in the market, ranging from 5-10%. The European market wherein the margins are greater the high end mobile phones sales are huge, which is now likely to fall steeply in 2009. The sale of mobile phones in emerging markets comprises of two-thirds of the total sales globally in 2008. Mobile Phone makers were ready for the recession but their question of concern was the possible build-up of large inventories, as in 2001. Contrarily, the vendors are looking forward to reach their targets in 2009, which could call for an oversupply of handsets in Q1′09.
LG anticipates a slowered sale of mobile phones in 2009 and still obtain Sony’s no.3 position. Whereas, Nokia and Samsung Electronics are set to end 2009 with stronger market share, anticipated at 39.6% and 17.3% respectively.
Oddly, Motorola would lose the most market share, with the wide range of estimates, from 55 million to 100.7 million phones, reflecting the uncertainties over the company’s future.

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